Installation

There are currently two ways to install Gthnk:

  1. Run it inside a Docker image
  2. Install as a python package

Docker Image

Use Docker to run Gthnk with all files stored locally in ~/.gthnk.

docker run -d --rm \
    --name gthnk-server \
    -p 1620:1620 \
    -e TZ=America/Toronto \
    -v ~/.gthnk:/home/gthnk/.gthnk \
    iandennismiller/gthnk

The default text file where you will record journal entries is ~/.gthnk/journal.txt.

If you want to store your files somewhere other than ~/.gthnk then update the -v argument:

-v /opt/somewhere-else:/home/gthnk/.gthnk \

If you want to use a port other than 1620, update the -p argument:

-p 5000:1620 \

Python Installation

Gthnk also installs as a python package - but the Docker method is strongly recommended.

Every system is different but python installation looks like this:

git clone https://github.com/iandennismiller/gthnk.git
cd gthnk
pip3 install --user ./src/gthnk
gthnk-config-init.py ~/.gthnk/gthnk.conf ~/.gthnk
gthnk init_db
gthnk user_add -u "gthnk" -p "gthnk"
gthnk runserver

The Gthnk server is now available at http://localhost:5000 in your browser.

System integration

Gthnk can be integrated with the operating system to launch automatically. System integration is partially supported on MacOS and Windows:

src/scripts/gthnk do_install

Next Steps

Now check out Using the Journal to learn techniques for actually getting stuff done with Gthnk.